Democratic Union of Argentina

The Democratic Union (UD) was a political alliance in Argentina that existed from 1945 to 1946. The alliance consisted of the Radical Civic Union, the Socialist Party, the Communist Party, and the Progressive Democratic Party, and it was united in its opposition to the fascist army officer Juan Peron and his Labor Party of Argentina. The party's exclusion of the National Democratic Party of Argentina was fatal to the latter, as it dissolved within years. The UD fought hard in the 1946 election, but the Peronist mobs and police attacked UD rallies, put up Peronist posters over UD posters, or even splashed paint on the UD posters. Ultimately, Peron was victorious, and he clamped down on political dissent. The UD dissolved after its defeat.